Only just the name "Unhappy Hipster" makes you think of the worst. The subtitle "It's lonely in the modern world" confirms it even more. Here we're dealing with truly mean contemporaries, who comment with a sharp tongue on sleek and frosty photographs of interior design and architecture and who tell black-humoured stories around shown photos. Simply exquisite! Have a nice day.

"Choosing a chair without hurting anyone’s feelings was the toughest part of his morning. He couldn’t even make eye contact with the chaise longue."

"She hated it when Daddy made her recite modernist architects — alphabetically, starting with Aalto and ending with Yamasaki — for his friends."

New week, new luck. After the self-inflicted break of consumption-refusal comes to an end with the end of the week, this post will all be about luxury, lavish opulence and dreamy melancholy from the house of Rodarte. Behind the label are the two sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy, who have put together yet another extraordinary collection for Autumn 2010. An impressive mix of patterns and material magically transforms itself into clothes, made from several layers, elaborate embroidery and unexpected draperies. A bit of Alice-in-Wonderland-madness, coupled with Victorian austerity plus a hint of exploded boudoir and a lot of love for details display the Rodarte-esque vision of the coming autumn. Whether the outfits can actually be worn on the street is another story. Also, I'm not quite sure what to think about certain pattern-combinations. Whatever the case, these clothes make you marvel, and that is a good start. Have a nice day.

Oh, my god! This clip is one of the best things I've recently seen in the graphic design/layout sector! An unbelievably classy, wonderfully quirky translation of an interview with John Lennon, taped and interviewed by a 14 year old boy. I'm speechless. Apart from that, it (the film, John Lennon anyway) is the cherry on the cake of this consumption-free blogging week. I give the floor to Mister Lennon and wish you all a nice sunday P.S. I want to have this stolen hour back...

This advert and consumption-free week will be concluded and celebrated with a little delicacy, made from ingridients which should be found in any well-assorted fridge: the "Salade au chèvre chaud". Ever since I had this salad in Paris for the first time its got the pole position on my Top 10 list of favourite meals. (Cheese and salad, yumm). The preparation is easy as pie. Obviously you put together a nice mix of different salads (Cicorino Rosso, lettuce & field salad, perhaps also some radish and cress etc. etc.). Heat up the oven and bake those little loaves of (cream-) cheese, either plane or on a piece of bread, until they start melting a little. Bon appetit et bonne journée!

Okay, okay, the advantages of e-mails are much higher in number than those of letters, which have to be transported over hill and dale, before the message gets to the recipient. Nevertheless I think one should every once in a while send their friends a little, maybe even handmade card or if possible a fully-grown letter. Apart from that, who sends letters (usually) receives them in return. Have a nice evening.

The roots of my Pom-Pom-Passion date back to my early childhood. Probably the little Tiger-Slippers with the red Pom Pom on top play a big role in all this. Apart from that, I do find it really fascinating how, a piece of cardboard wrapped with yarn can turn into round, fluffy balls. Why not make these pieces of decoration out of left-overs from paper, wool or fabric and spread some spring-mood in your flat? You'll find different instructions here,here, here and here. Have a nice day!

As a blogger you sometimes feel like a little wheel in a huge viral marketing agency. "Unfortunately" without being on the pay-roll. Even though most of the times I recommend products from little, charming companies, which often also have an ecologically-ethically correct reputation. Nonetheless, this week I'm gonna take a break from consumption. So the following posts will exclusively be about things, occupations and pastimes which you don't need to spend money for. So, let's start the adventure. Day one: Celebrate mornings, with a bit of Yoga, a nicely prepared breakfast (get inspirations here) and your favourite book from your in-house library.

Being ill has got its positive sides too. Because while my body is fighting against those little, devilish cold-viruses I have enough time to browse through old magazines, to search for treasures on the net, to doze, to read books and, because of today's afternoon tv-program, to lose a bit of faith in western society. See you soon & long live wireless internet-pleasure.

For all the dreamy "crafts" and indie-girls out there it's about time to browse through flea markets, hunting for old globes with that charming retro-touch- just to make sure you're surfing on the first wave of the new interior-design-hype. So far I liked those round objects quite a lot- I've actually been toying with the thought of getting one myself- but if half the world has one of them standing in their living room, I'd rather renounce. A pity, really! For the same reason I cannot wear any polka-dotted tops anymore- after that fatal season in which even H&M has been throwing those about, I could never re-connect to them anymore. Dear me, this globalisation manages to spoil everything. Have a nice day. (Here's some substantiated literature on the topics: Szenedödel, zynischer Modehype & Retrowelle- sorry, only in German...)

Oh well, one wouldn't know what to do with all that spare time, if it wasn't for all those tv-shows or new seasons of favourite soaps being broadcast at regular intervals. Well, I'd have loads more sensible stuff to do, instead of watching the 7th season of "Project Runway", but, would that other stuff be more fun? Just so you don't forget how extremely predictable and- I admit- totally mundane this format is, I recommend to also watch the reality-show-satire "American Dreamz". Have a wonderful day.

Now, beside the Monkey (Chinese Horoscope), the Owl (Native American Horoscope), the Horse (Sagittarius), there's a Web-Leopard joining in, which is supposed to define and characterise my personality. Note to self: read less women-magazines... The BBC-World's "The Web Behaviour Test", which has just classified me as Leopard, I can recommend to anyone who hasn't got anything better to do for 20 minutes. It probably won't harm to look into one's web-behaviour. Have a good day!

I admire women who are able to face everyday life with such a teeny-weeny "clutch". Without a selection of reading-material, a few indispensable accessories like sunglasses, I-Pod, Moleskin-organizer and really just the most basic items of make-up in my handbag - I do feel naked somehow. Added to that are the utensils for uni. Most often there will also be one or two fruits rolling about (vitamins!) and somewhere you're also likely to find chewing-gum. Very important at the moment are also gloves, a woolly hat and the spotty umbrella. And, oh yes, a bottle of water completes it all. When I pack my handbag, the normally taking-the-backseat-messy inside of me gets the upper hand. More on the topic "Handbag-Psychograms" you'll find on this Flickr-Group. Have a nice weekend!

A lady once said: "A woman can never be rich or skinny enough." I counter with: "A miss can never have enough stripey t-shirts and totebags." I'm sure these two specimen will make the collector's heart beat faster. C'ést magnifique, n'est pas? Have a nice day. P.S. Seen this clip on WishWishWishand adopted it without batting an eye, cheers!

To be quite honest with you I sometimes get really annoyed about those super-puristic, super-classy and to top it all super-ironic design- and craftsproducers / -buyers. This obsessive preoccupation with good taste (totally knick-knack-free and produced in an ecological and human-friendly way, of course) and this manic search for the next accessory, which is supposed to bring out ones personality in the most perfect of ways - a rather ambivalent phenomenon of today's consumer society. Most probably the reason this lifestyle is getting to me so much is the fact that I'm a part of it as well- Hedonism I salute you...

The last thing I want to do though is discrediting the extremely classy Etsy-Shop "Teal and Gold". Have a look for yourself and find out what kind of magic this charming couple creates with wood (!). Have a nice day.